NIGHTMARE TOYS

NIGHTMARE TOYS

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Dead Reckoning



1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.

     Dead Reckoning was originally formed by Mike Spriggs while still on Active duty for the Army in 2012. At the time we had 3 Active duty soldiers on the roster! Over the years we have had many lineup changes and finally with the lineup we have now it seems like it is perfect! Now we are constantly pushing our tours further and further! We love being able to throw down with some many bad ass bands on tour!



2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?

Dead Reckoning is actually a military land navigation term! To me it only made sense it has so many meaning in the metal world but coming from the military I always get to keep a small piece of it with me even though I am out of the Army now!



3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

We are based out of Columbus GA! But because they really don’t care for metal we claim Atlanta as hour home since we do so many shows there. Bands around here worth mentioning are Dead Rites, Bless the Dead, Hellbent, Prime Mover, Degradations and I could go on and on!!!



4. How would you describe your style?

 Our style we feel is unique to us! We have so many different backgrounds between all of us and we try and take the modern sound so many love today and infuse it with stuff we love from the past! So we will do some break downs here and there but we have that screaming guitar solos and upfront bass that just decimates all! Our live show is very energetic and we push as hard as we can to give the fans what they want to hear and see!!!



5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?

 About 2 years ago we released an EP with our old singer and even though we still have those songs in our lineup we are so different today and more powerful it doesn’t even sound like the same songs. We also just released a single called Decimation that can be found on Itunes, Spotify, Bandcamp etc. And people have been going nuts over it!



6. Do you have any new music in the works?

 We are currently in the later stages of our full length album Rise of the Fallen which will be out very soon and we plan to release one more single before the album comes out!!! We also are doing a music video for Decimation as well as a lyric video to follow it! We are very excited!



7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?

We are always playing out. Last year we played 150 shows and loved touring! This year we have toned it down to get the album out and such but towards the end of the year we plan on doing 2 tours at minimum to Cali and back! Then back up north where they have been begging us back haha! We also just played a show to get onto Summer Slaughter while we didn’t when it…the news we got was 10 times better! Nothing is better for a band to be told by a huge label that you guys should be touring the world within the next year!!! Now we got to push hard to make it happen!



8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?

 We have big plans for ourselves. No matter if a big label picks us up or not we plan to do a few more albums and tour the world on all of them. We will make it happen no matter what! Our fans (Dead Army) are amazing and very loyal and they have been asking us to come play for them all over the world!!! We are very excited!



9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

 We have the old EP and the new single Decimation available on all streaming platforms. We keep our Facebook and all event pages up to date so please join them. And if you want us to play in your area let us know or tell your favorite club you want us there!!!!



10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

When listening to our music for the first time we want them to just enjoy themselves! If you find something that resonates with you that is awesome! And if you don’t like one song one thing I can promise about us we have a song for everyone of all genres of metal! Give it a chance and come see us live I promise you won’t be disappointed!!!






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